Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Government

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 10 Oct 2026

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10/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 406

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:51:31

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Unknown (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	442	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2732	Megaphone	38
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1948	Megaphone	53
6	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	332	RedCircle	58
8	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	44	Simplecast	79
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	100	Simplecast	32
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	48	Omny Studio	52
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	384	Megaphone	53
14	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	34	Megaphone	48
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	90	Spreaker	54
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
18	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
19	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	236	Omny Studio	73
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	471	Megaphone	49
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	916	RSS.com	42
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	152	Megaphone	48
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	254	Simplecast	73
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	271	Libsyn	58
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
29	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
30	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1979	BBC	43
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
35	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
36	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1650	Unknown	43
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
38	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
39	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
40	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	314	Megaphone	63
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	240	StreamGuys	27
44	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
45	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	54	Simplecast	79
46	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	929	Megaphone	38
48	California City News Podcast	CityNews	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	11
49	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
50	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
51	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
52	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
53	Power and Principle with Mark Lee Greenblatt	Federal News Network	Government	1	ART19	48
54	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1107	Megaphone	48
55	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
56	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	43
57	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
58	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	313	Megaphone	63
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	931	Buzzsprout	63
61	From the Source with Wade Crowfoot	California Natural Resources Agency	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
62	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
63	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
64	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
65	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
66	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
67	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
68	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	313	RSS.com	52
69	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
70	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	18	Buzzsprout	68
71	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
72	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
74	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
75	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	322	Simplecast	73
76	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	257	Acast	69
77	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
78	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
79	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	103	Buzzsprout	63
80	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	576	Podbean	32
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	12	Omny Studio	53
83	Moving Experiences: Stories of the CTA	Chicago Transit Authority	Government	9	Buzzsprout	42
84	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	94	Megaphone	59
85	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	379	Unknown	43
86	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	829	Libsyn	27
87	Pushing the Envelope Podcast	USPS OIG	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	27
88	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
89	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1007	StreamGuys	38
90	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
91	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	727	Unknown	43
92	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	91	Megaphone	38
93	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	55	Megaphone	38
94	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	750	Libsyn	37
95	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
96	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
97	Fronteras	Texas Public Radio	Government	39	Unknown	38
98	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	162	Megaphone	38
99	Экономика на слух	РЭШ	Government	245	mave	89
100	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	203	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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